SOUTH BRUNSWICK — Suraj Rajesh, a student at South Brunswick High School, took second place in the 2013 Central New Jersey Regional Brain Bee held Feb. 23 at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway.

Fifty-four students participated in the bee, a question-and-answer competition similar to a spelling bee where students are quizzed on the human brain and central nervous system.

Robby Vasen of Ocean Township, a junior at the High Technology High School in Lincroft, was the grand prize winner and Michael Radice of Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, came in third.

Vasen went on to compete March 2 to 4 in the National Brain Bee Competition at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, where he placed in the top ten.